When using mobile data

Selected media will automatically download when you are connected to cellular data.

When connected on Wi-Fi

Selected media will automatically download when you are connected to Wi-Fi.

When roaming

Selected media will automatically download when you are roaming.

Note: Enabling auto-download when roaming might result in significantly increased charges from your mobile provider as roaming data is often expensive.

Automatically downloaded media will show up in your gallery. If you want to stop all WhatsApp media from appearing in your gallery, we recommend that you create a .nomedia file or folder inside your WhatsApp images, audio and video folder. You can do this using a file explorer from the Google Play Store. If you change your mind later, you can simply delete the .nomedia file and WhatsApp media will show up in your gallery again.